Spectral Web Services
847 lines of code to make no visible changes? Check.
Unblocking official theme translations.
Internationalization & Localization
Localization (l10n) is making a site work in the local language, including currency, dates, etc. Internationalization, or i18n, is making a platform ready to localize. This section collects my writing on both.
I wrote an AI bot to simplify my translations workflow.
I spent my Saturday automating language PR review.
Translating Ghost posts with DeepL
Make was annoying me. So I replaced it. Bonus: a story about accidentally post-bombing ActivityPub
What would it take to make Ghost multilingual?
Want your site in two+ languages? Here's what it'd take.
Feeling like, double proud
A shout out from The John O'Nolan. Squee!
More i18n afoot!
I thought "oh, it'd be cool to fix those couple strings in Ghost's newsletter template, and its Sunday evening, and why not?" It was not that easy.
Feeling proud
Pushing the Portal translation string wrapping across the finish line, and getting Search translations started. And feeling awesome about it.